UPDATE: 2-24-2023 – The victim in this case, identified as 48-year-old Sharod Moore of Brooklyn, succumbed to his injuries on February 23, 2023. This case is now being investigated as a homicide. 2/22/2023: On February 22, 2023, at approximately 2:30 p.m., officers responded for a report of a shooting that just occurred in the unit...
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A grand jury today indicted a suspended Prince George’s County Corporal Anthony Brooke on a misdemeanor charge of misconduct in office. The charge stems from a February 2021 stop on a vehicle in Capital Heights. Corporal Brooke is indicted for the allegation of assaulting the driver during the arrest. After reviewing body camera footage...
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On February 19, 2023, an officer responded to the Marshall Hall Boat Ramp in Bryans Road for the report of a suspicious vehicle. Upon making contact with the driver, the officer detected the odor of marijuana. Further investigation revealed that the driver was in possession of marijuana and a loaded handgun. The driver, Josue...
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Detectives with the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Division located and arrested a Lexington Park man on Wednesday resulting in several handgun charges. Keyshon Marquez Gant, age 22 of Lexington Park, was arrested without incident and subsequently charged with Handgun on Person; Loaded Handgun on Person; Concealed Dangerous Weapon and Prohibited Detachable...
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She buys scratch-offs regularly, a District Heights resident told Lottery officials this week. And, while she wins often enough to maintain interest in her favorite pastime, the Lottery’s newest $50,000 winner just knew that she’d never hit it big. A $5 Crazy 8s instant ticket proved her wrong. “I knew the chances were against...
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The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the identities of several individuals in a theft investigation. Over the course of last several months, the pictured suspects were involved in multiple thefts from the Target store in California. The subjects were seen leaving in a black Mitsubishi on several occasions as well as a...
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The Carjacking Interdiction Unit charged two juveniles who were in possession of a carjacked car. Both males are 17-years-old and are from District Heights. They are both charged as adults. A loaded ghost gun (unserialized) was recovered in the car. On February 21, 2023, at approximately 4:30 pm, Washington Area Vehicle Enforcement team officers...
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On February 21, PFC Rickard of the CCSO’s Warrant Unit, assigned to the U.S. Marshals Task Force Baltimore Group, located Brooke Lynn Edmonds, 27, of La Plata, who was wanted in connection with a robbery and assault that occurred in February of 2021. On February 5, 2021, a man arrived at an apartment where...
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On February 15, a 13-year-old female reported a rape which occurred on February 12 in the 5300 block of Woodgate Lane in Waldorf involving an unknown adult male who she had met on the internet. The man claimed to be 19 years old. Through investigation, detectives identified Khordero Christian Hemphill, 25, of Upper Marlboro,...
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On Wednesday, February 22, 2023, at approximately 6:32 a.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to Three Notch Road and Mattapany Road in Lexington Park, for the reported motor vehicle collision with injuries. Crews arrived on the scene to find a marked U.S. Navy Police SUV and a Nissan Maxima involved in a T-bone...
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On Thursday, February 16, 2023, at 11:50 p.m., officers responded to the 3000 block of Shurbeys Place in Bryans Road, MD in reference to a man who broke into a home and was found sleeping in a laundry room. Officers arrived, but the suspect had already fled. A preliminary investigation showed the homeowner walked...
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On Friday, February 17 at 7:20 p.m., an officer in a marked patrol car was entering the crossover on Crain Highway at Bel Alton Newtown Road when the driver of a Chevrolet 2500 pick-up truck drove across Crain Highway from Bel Alton Newtown Road and struck the officer’s car, totaling it. The driver fled...
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Let’s celebrate: Jessica B. and Ryan T. have been named our SPIRIT Award winners for February! These associates were nominated by their coworkers for going above and beyond for others. Jessica, an outpatient case management nurse with the Population & Community Health team, recently worked with a patient who was reluctant to take any...
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Canine Companions, the nation’s first and largest service dog organization, is proud to announce the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office is the recipient of a highly trained service dog who will work with children and other victims/witnesses in Calvert County. Facility dog Dougall is a two-year-old lab-golden retriever cross that has been bred and trained...
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The 29th annual regional MATHCOUNTS competition challenged more than 150 students from 17 schools throughout Southern Maryland to test their math skills at Calvert High School in Prince Frederick on Saturday, February 4, 2023. A competitive technological world requires a proficiency in mathematics as a foundation for success in science, technology, and engineering. MATHCOUNTS...
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On Tuesday, February 21, 2023, two students at Robert D. Stethem Educational Center became engaged in a fight in a classroom resulting in one of the students being transported by ambulance to the hospital with minor injuries. The school resource officer was made aware and began an investigation. A preliminary investigation revealed that the...
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Calvert County will host a Community Resource Day for community members who need supportive services to connect with multiple services and resources in one day, at one place. The event will be held Friday, March 17, 2023, from 2 to 6 p.m. at Calvert Pines Senior Center, located at 450 W. Dares Beach Road...
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With an unprecedented $30 million investment, the University of Maryland (UMD) is accelerating solutions to some of the world’s most complex problems, including climate change, global health, educational disparities, racial and social injustice, threats to democracy, pandemic preparedness, sustainability and many others. “Since day one of my presidency, I have charged our campus to...
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The upcoming Moll Dyer Day event is a three-day celebration of Leonardtown’s most famous local legend. No other Leonardtown historical figure has captured the hearts and attention like the legend of Moll Dyer. An increasing number of guests visit the famed Moll Dyer Rock each year that bears her now fading handprint left that...
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Leadership Maryland announced today that Stacy L. Hutchinson ’23, Associate Director, Administration at University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES) – Chesapeake Biological Laboratory in Solomons, Maryland, has been chosen to participate in the statewide professional development program as a member of the Class of 2023. hutchinson is one of 53 individuals chosen...
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U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Jamie Raskin, David Trone, and Glenn Ivey (all D-Md.) announced $5,124,825 in federal funding from the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act to bolster gun violence prevention programs across the state. This funding for the Governor’s Office...
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NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, Patuxent River, Md.: The U.S. Navy, in partnership with Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) representatives, awarded an $8.6 million foreign military sale in December 2022 to Raytheon Intelligence & Space for the procurement and delivery of a Joint Precision Approach and Landing System (JPALS) unit. The Naval Air Traffic Management...
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Jonathan Ortega, an electrical engineer at Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) Lakehurst, was presented with the Black Engineer of the Year Awards (BEYA) Modern-Day Technology Leader Award during the 37th annual BEYA Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Conference in Fort Washington, Maryland on Feb. 11. According to BEYA, Modern-Day Technology Leader...
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On February 17, 2023, at approximately 3:00 p.m., officers responded for a report of suspicious subjects at the Antwerpen Motor Cars, 8065 Ritchie Highway in Pasadena. The caller indicated that the subjects were inside of a vehicle, removing the dash. As officers arrived, they observed three subjects flee from a Kia sedan, two of...
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The Calvert County Board of Education will hold an unscheduled meeting on Thursday, March 2, 2023, permitted by the Maryland Open Meetings Act, Section 3- 305(b)(1), (7), and (9) and Section 3-103 of the General Provision Articles of the Annotated Code of Maryland. The Board will meet at 6:00 PM for a Budget Work...
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